Art & Culture

The newly introduced Shilpakala Padak was conferred on seven seasoned artistes in recognition of their significant roles in respective fields of art and culture. The winners of Shilpakala Padak 2013 are dancer Amanul Haque, classical musician Ustad Matiul Haque Khan, traditional singer Saidur Rahman Bayati, artist Samarjit Roy Chowdhury,

New Year’s Gift Ferdous Wahid to launch radio  Noted singer Ferdous Wahid will celebrate the New Year by launching an online radio station and a music academy after his name on the first day of 2014. The online Radio Wahid will play only Bangla songs of all genres. Besides, he is going to open a ... Read more

Theatre troupe BatTala will welcome 2014 through staging the premiere show of its latest production The Trial of Mallam Ilya at Natmandal of Dhaka University tomorrow. The troupe will stage two more shows of the Bangla version of the Ghanaian play on the next two days at the same venue. Soumya Sarker has translated

Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy has arranged a year-long programme to celebrate birth centenary of internationally renowned painter of the country Zainul Abedin (1914-1976). The year-long celebration commenced with an art competition titled Moner Moto Chhobi, participated by around five hundred children on Friday at the national art gallery plaza of BSA.

Shunyan Theatre celebrated the 60th show of popular play Lal Jamin through staging the play at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Friday. A book version of the play was also launched at the programme. Written and directed by Mannan Hira and Sudip Chakroborthy respectively, Lal Jamin depicts a touching account

Three theatre troupes of the country paid tribute to the recently demised theatre actor-director Khaled Khan on Wednesday through plays, songs, recitations and reminiscent speeches at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy. Nagarik Natya Sampraday, the troupe of which Khaled Khan was a member since 1978, organised a commemorative programme at the National Theatre Hall; theatre troupe Subachan

A three-day festival featuring kathak dance, one of the most popular classical dance genres, began at the Chhayanaut auditorium on Tuesday evening. The dance festival, organised by Kathak Nritya Sampradaya, included colourful kathak dance recitals by individual artistes and dancers of the organisaiton presented in group and solo performances synchronised with classical raga pieces. Novelist Selina ... Read more

The art in architectural designs and structures has been depicted in a month-long exhibition at Bengal Art Lounge at Gulshan 1 in Dhaka. The exhibition titled To Live Is to Be Slowly Born depicts nine models of different exotic and important structures designed by the noted architect Kashef Chowdhury. One of the displays at

A treasure of one hundred paintings by Shilpacharya Zainul Abedin (1914-1976) and Potua Quamrul Hassan (1921-1988) has been displayed at the Nalinikanta Bhattashali gallery of Bangladesh National Museum. The special exhibition has been organised as part of the concluding programme of two-year long celebration of hundred years of the museum. The exhibition also marks the100th ... Read more

The three-day poush mela concluded with music, dance and fair at the Ramna Batamul in the capital on Sunday. The city dwellers had nostalgic experiences at the ending day programme which lined up a number of folk songs, dance recitals and recitations featuring the spirit of the poush, the first of the two month’s of ... Read more

Snapshots of life in Japan are being displayed at an ongoing solo photography exhibition titled Eternal Japan at the Bengal Gallery of Fine Arts in Dhanmondi, Dhaka. The country of sun rise appears with all its splendor and diversity in 133 photographs captured by Monzurul Haq, a Bangladeshi expatriate journalist living in Japan.

Prantik Theatre celebrated its 16th founding anniversary through staging the troupe’s acclaimed production Ahetuk Kichchha at the Studio Theatre Hall of Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy on Saturday. The troupe had plans for a colourful and spectacular celebrations programme but due to the country-wide blockade, for which many of the invited guests could not come, the troupe

Cultural activists and others on Saturday mourned the death of actor Khaled Khan, who died in a hospital in Dhaka Friday night, by paying tribute to him. Theatre activists and other cultural personalities crowded the Central Shaheed Minar where the body was kept for public viewing and then at the Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy.

The two-day classical music festival concluded through solo and group recitals of classical music at Chhayanaut auditorium on Friday. The ending day programme of the festival titled Suddho Sangeet Utsab 1420 began with a chorus presentation of raga bhimpalasi by the artistes of the organisation. Directed by Rezwan Ali and accompanied by tabla and harmonium, ... Read more

The season’s festivity is being celebrated in the busy city through a three day Poush Mela at the Ramna Batamul which began on Friday. The fair organsied by Poush Mela Udzapan Parisad consists of music, dance, theatre, recitations and delicious pithas sold in makeshift stalls through which the city dwellers enjoyed the festivity brought in ... Read more

A two-day classical festival featuring classical music performances by noted and upcoming singers began at Chhayanuat auditorium on Thursday. Cultural organisation Chhayanuat has organised the festival Suddho Sangeet Utsab 1420 with a goal to popularize and spread classical music among the music enthusiasts in the country. The first day programme

A hall full of audience enjoyed the evergreen romantic songs of yesteryears of the late eminent singer Mahmud-un-Nabi in a commemorative programme at the TSC auditorium on Thursday. The programme was organised by Bishwa Kalakendra to celebrate and observe the late singer’s 77th birth anniversary and 23rd death anniversary. Mahmud-un-Nabi was born

The spirit of war of independence has been highlighted in a group exhibition celebrating the 43rd Victory Day organised by Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy at the National Art Gallery. The weeklong exhibition displays 100 paintings by noted and upcoming artists portraying the images of the valiant freedom fighters, war scenes and massacres done by the Pakistani ... Read more

Tales of the common people have been depicted through dance by the artistes of Shadhona at the Berlin Hall of Goethe Institut in Dhanmondi on Tuesday. Organsied jointly by the Institut and popular local dance troupe Shadhona, the dance production titled A Piece for You Dhaka was choreographed by German choreographer Thomas Leeman.

Ferdousy Priyabhashini tells New Age Eminent sculptor Ferdousy Priyabhashini is a victim of the brutality of Pakistani army and its local collaborators during the war of independence in 1971. She was abducted from her house in Khulna in May 1971 when she worked at the Crescent Jute Mills in Khalishpur and was captivated at a ... Read more